Protective sheet dispenser

Abstract

A protective dispenser for dispensing serially arranged sheet materials, includes a container bounding an open-ended internal chamber for receiving the materials. A partitioning wall spans the internal chamber and supports the materials. The partitioning wall has an opening for the successive passage of the materials therethrough. The partitioning wall is disposed at a distance from the open end of the chamber so that a skirt region of the container that surrounds the open end provides an environment that is sheltered from the elements for the materials to emerge into after passing through the opening. The skirt region may be provided with an aperture for the passage of the respective material therethrough from the sheltered environment to the outside of the container. A channel may be formed at the exterior of the container, leading from the aperture all the way to a free end of the skirt region. The dispenser may further include a sheath that surrounds at least a part of the container in an assembled condition of the dispenser. An eyelet bounding an orifice for the passage of a portion of a support therethrough may be provided at an end portion of the container that is remote from the skirt region for suspending the container from the support.

I claim: 
     
       1. A protective dispenser for dispensing serially arranged sheet materials, comprising: a) a container bounding an internal chamber for receiving the sheet materials, said chamber having an open end; and   b) supporting means in said internal chamber for supporting the sheet materials, including a partitioning wall spanning said internal chamber of said container and having a substantially centrally arranged opening therein for the successive passage of the sheet materials therethrough, said partitioning wall being disposed at a predetermined distance from said open end of said chamber so that a skirt region of said container that surrounds said open end provides an environment that is sheltered from the elements for the sheet materials to emerge into after passing through said opening.   
     
     
       2. The dispenser as defined in claim 1, wherein said skirt region has at least one aperture therein for the passage of the respective sheet material therethrough from said sheltered environment to the outside of said container. 
     
     
       3. The dispenser as defined in claim 2, wherein said partitioning wall lies in a plane, and wherein said aperture lies in another plane inclined relative to the plane of said partitioning wall. 
     
     
       4. The dispenser as defined in claim 2, wherein said skirt region includes means for forming a channel at the exterior of said container leading from said aperture all the way to a free end of said skirt region. 
     
     
       5. The dispenser as defined in claim 1, wherein the container has a tubular configuration. 
     
     
       6. The dispenser as defined in claim 1; and further comprising a sheath surrounding at least a part of said container in an assembled condition thereof. 
     
     
       7. The dispenser as defined in claim 6, wherein said container has an end portion remote from said skirt region; and wherein said sheath is generally sleeve-shaped, having two open end portions one for the passage of said remote end portion of said container therethrough. 
     
     
       8. The dispenser as defined in claim 7, wherein said remote end portion of said container and said one end portion of said sheath have compatible configurations diverging toward said skirt region and the other of said end portions, respectively. 
     
     
       9. The dispenser as defined in claim 6, and further comprising at least one closeable pocket on the exterior of said sheath. 
     
     
       10. The dispenser as defined in claim 1, wherein said container has an end portion remote from said skirt region; and further comprising means on said remote end portion for suspending said container from a support. 
     
     
       11. The dispenser as defined in claim 10, wherein said suspending means includes an eyelet bounding an orifice for the passage of a portion of the support therethrough. 
     
     
       12. The dispenser as defined in claim 10, wherein said end portion of said container is removably mounted thereon. 
     
     
       13. The dispenser as defined in claim 1, wherein the sheet materials are arranged in a roll extending along an axis, and wherein the partitioning wall lies in a plane perpendicular to said axis.